Genuine
The painter Percy, after completing the portrait of the bloodthirsty priestess Genuine, becomes so bewitched by it that he locks himself in his house and stops interacting with anyone.

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The painter Percy, after completing the portrait of the bloodthirsty priestess Genuine, becomes so bewitched by it that he locks himself in his house and stops interacting with anyone.
The Haunted Castle the first horror film in history.
In Monte Carlo, a shy English girl prevents Max De Winter, a recent widower, from committing suicide. The two begin spending time together, fall in love, and soon Max proposes marriage.
On the outskirts of London, journalist Alan Foster is tasked with interviewing Edgar Allan Poe.
The journalist remains skeptical when Poe reveals that his stories are based on real events and, therefore, he doesn’t consider himself a novelist but merely a chronicler.
Metropolis is an extremely avant-garde film.
The plot of “The Birds” follows the story of Melanie Daniels, portrayed by Tippi Hedren, a sophisticated and venturesome woman who finds herself involved in a series of strange events in a small coastal town in California. What begins as a chance encounter with a charming lawyer, Mitch Brenner, played by Rod Taylor, soon turns into a nightmare as the birds of the area start behaving unusually and aggressively. What follows is a crescendo of terror and tension as nature itself seems to revolt against humanity, attacking the inhabitants of the area for no apparent reason.
The Prince of Darkness in all his splendor
The Phantom of the Opera is a 1925 silent film directed by Rupert Julian and based on Gaston Leroux’s novel of the same name.
The plot of “Freaks” follows the story of Hans, a trapeze artist in a traveling circus, and his girlfriend Cleopatra, a beautiful trapeze artist. However, Cleopatra is mainly interested in his inheritance and engages in a relationship with the circus strongman, Hercules. When she discovers that Hans has a considerable fortune, Cleopatra conspires with Hercules to poison him and seize his money. However, Cleopatra and Hercules underestimate the power and loyalty of the “freaks” community, who unite to avenge the betrayal suffered by one of their own.
The plot follows Commissioner Martini’s investigation into a series of mysterious murders.